Improvement in window-sashes



B. N. WEBSTER.

Window-Sash.

"0148 268. PatentedMarch 3.1874.

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""rEN'r OFEIo DENNIS N. WEBSTER, OF GENEVA, onro.

[IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW-SASHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,268, dated March 3,1874; application filed January 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIS N. WEBSTER, of Geneva, in the county ofAshtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Window-Sashes, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a windowsash embodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a side view, of same,with one of.the sections of the top part or piece of sash removed; andFig. 4 is a view of the removed section of the sash, viewing it from itsinner side.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are designated by likeletters. 7

This invention relates to a certain improvement in that class ofwindow-sashes in which the glass is retained in the sash by means ofgrooves to avoid the use of putty or other plastic material, and byreason of which, in order to insert and remove the glass, the latter hasto be put in and taken out edgewise, for which purpose the top or bottompart of the sash is made into two sections, dividing the said part orparts vertically and longitudinally. The object of my invent-ion is tofacilitate or expedite the adjustment of the removable section orsections of the said part or parts of the sash in removing and replacingthe same; and it consists in providing such section or sections with aspring-bolt, and a recess or aperture to receive a projection in thesash-frame, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe it.

In the annexed drawing, A A refer to the sash, which is grooved, asshown in the drawing, to receive the glass, to avoid the use of putt-yor other plastic material in securing the latter in place. The upper ortop part of the sash A Ais made in two sections, A A dividing the saidpart vertically and longitudinally, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. Theremovable section A is beveled at its ends inwardly, while the parts ofthe sash against which they abut are beveled outwardly, by which thesaid section is prevented from moving laterally or leaving its place. Itis also beveled at its ends downwardly, while the abutting portions ofthe sash are beveled upwardly, by which it may be fitted snugly andtightly in place. a is a bolt, sliding in a recess in the removablesection A and having a projection, a for withdrawing it from the sashwhen it is desired to remove the said section. A spring, a pressingagainst the said bolt, and suitably confined in a recess of the sectionA shoots the bolt into an aperture in the sash. A projection, b,fastened to the opposite beveled face of the sash, enters a recess oraperture, a, in the abutting beveled face of the section A to assist insecuring the latter in place. By thus making the section A adjustable,the use of nails or screws, or other like fastenings, is avoided, andthe said section readily and quickly detached and attached to thesashframe in inserting and removing the glass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In combination with the sash A A, the removable section A having thespring-bolt a, and aperture or recess a, to receive the projection b ofthe sash, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto signed my name this 19th day ofJanuary, 1874, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DENNIS N. WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

' W. T. SruoNDs,

S. P. SIMoNDs.

